Midwest Derecho Cuts Power to Hundreds of Thousands as Indiana Rainfall Nears 1 Foot
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 13
Midwest Derecho Cuts Power to Hundreds of Thousands as Indiana Rainfall Nears 1 Foot
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 13
Summary
A deadly storm system was still battering the Midwest and parts of the Mid-Atlantic on Thursday, with officials assessing damage after a derecho and days of rain displaced residents and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands.
99 mph was the strongest wind gust recorded Tuesday in Gary, Indiana, when the derecho swept across the region, tearing roofs off Illinois buildings and helping trigger widespread flooding.
Nearly 1 foot of rain has fallen in some Indiana cities since Monday, collapsing roads into sinkholes, while dozens of water rescues were reported in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana.
Indianapolis issued its first-ever flash flood emergency on Wednesday and then repeated the highest-level warning three times, underscoring how the storm escalated after earlier deaths, tornado damage and mass outages across the Midwest.